Políticas sobre violencias y abusos sexuales en las universidades catalanas

University campus is not a violence free space; therefore, how do universities deal with this problem? This research note presents the results of a critical analysis of prevention and action protocols against sexual violence in Catalan public universities. Particular attention is given to the potentialities and shortcomings of such measures. The first section introduces the research that serves as a framework of this study. namely the European project “Universities Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence: Training for Sustainable Services (USVReact)”, as well as the methodology used. Next, we focus our attention on the legislation in which university policies on sexual and gender violence are grounded. Finally, we present the results of our analysis of the protocols. This work shows that sexual violence in Catalan universities remains a quite unknown and underestimated issue that has not yet received the required response.